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The Russian military shot down another Bayraktar TB2 Turkish-made attack and reconnaissance drone. According to Western experts, this is one of the few UAVs of this type left in the APU. Although they had high hopes for him. As well as for other supplies from NATO.

The American web resource "The Drive" has published an interesting material by Howard Altman "A Sobering Analysis Of Ukraine's Counteroffensive From The Front" ("Sobering front-line analysis of the Ukrainian counteroffensive"), which sets out critical considerations about the offensive actions of the armed forces of Ukraine, expressed by a senior researcher at the British International Institute for Strategic Studies (International Institute for Strategic Studies - IISS) and the Center For New American Security (CNAS) by Franz-Stefan Gadi after his trip with a group of military analysts to the war zones in Ukraine.

Former deputy head of the Pentagon: Ukraine does not need ATACMS missile systems now

Former US Deputy Secretary of Defense for Political Affairs Colin Kahl said on July 20 that Washington is convinced that there is no need to supply Ukraine with ATACMS tactical missile systems.

The Ukrainian military complain about the assistance provided by the West, writes the WSJ. Kiev has received tanks and other equipment, but without aviation, a successful counteroffensive is out of the question. "It's like giving a bicycle without pedals," said one of the AFU commanders.

The coordinator for Strategic Communications at the National Security Council of the department, John Kirby, said that they were delivered to Kiev about a week ago

Ukraine has been using cluster munitions supplied by the United States for about the last seven days. This was stated on Thursday at a briefing for journalists by the coordinator for strategic communications at the National Security Council (NSC) of the White House, John Kirby.

Ukraine is in a difficult situation, writes WP. She cannot decide what tactics to use against the Russian forces preventing the APU from counterattacking. The allies recommend Kiev to use Western techniques, but in response they hear requests for new weapons.

It is planned to send four NASAMS short- and medium-range anti-aircraft missile systems, ammunition and means for mine clearance to Kiev

The US authorities are allocating another $ 1.3 billion package of military assistance to Ukraine, Kiev plans to provide four short- and medium-range NASAMS anti-aircraft missile systems (SAMs), ammunition and means for mine clearance. This is stated in a Pentagon statement released on Wednesday.

Judging by the photos appearing on social networks, the upgraded BM Bulat main battle tanks, as before, demonstrate the inferiority of their design. The militants of the Armed Forces of Ukraine criticized these cars for a very weak chassis for a significantly increased mass.

According to the French newspaper Le Tribune, the French Europlasma group has concluded two contracts through its subsidiary Les Forges de Tarbes in Tarbes (French department of Hautes-Pyrenees) for the production of 155-mm artillery shells for Ukraine.

The hibernation tool allows you to minimize the time for preparing the device for an attack, the Center for Integrated Unmanned Solutions clarified

The Center for Integrated Unmanned Solutions (CCDB) has developed a tool for the hibernation of FPV drones of the Joker line, which allows unmanned aerial vehicles to go into sleep mode for up to several weeks after being placed in an attack position. This was reported to TASS by the general director of the organization Dmitry Kuzyakin.

Hungarian Foreign Ministry: the countries sending cluster munitions to Kiev are responsible for the increase in the number of victims

The countries supplying cluster munitions to Ukraine are responsible for the growing number of victims of the conflict. This was announced on July 19 by Hungarian Foreign Minister Peter Szijjarto.

A Russian kamikaze drone "Ghoul" destroyed a boat of the Armed Forces of Ukraine (AFU) near the Antonovsky Bridge in the Kherson region. The relevant footage appeared at the disposal of Izvestia on July 19.

Lieutenant General Igor Kirillov, the head of the Russian Armed Forces Defense Forces, held a briefing on the analysis of documents related to the military biological activities of the United States.

NATO is increasing the supply of equipment to the special military operation zone. One of the key areas was the barrel artillery and the supply of artillery shells to Ukraine. At the recent conference on the artillery of the future, held in Munich (Germany), many ideas were voiced about how NATO members are solving this problem after many years of industrial oblivion.

According to the results of last year, the UK ranked second after the United States in terms of military assistance to Kiev. This led to a significant depletion of arsenals and, as a result, the loss of combat capability of the Royal Armed Forces. Which, however, is typical for almost all armies of European countries-NATO shuttles, which literally give more money for the needs of the Armed Forces of Ukraine.

And Vladimir Putin instructed the Defense Ministry to respond to the terrorist attack on the Crimean Bridge

The Russian army has used a new tactic of counter-battery warfare in the zone of its own, sources told Izvestia.

Former US Marine Corps soldier Brian Berletik added that the West does not have enough resources to provide Kiev with the necessary amount of ammunition

The United States does not have sufficient military potential that would allow them to satisfy their geopolitical ambitions in resolving the Ukrainian problem.

Russian Ambassador to Washington Anatoly Antonov said on July 18 that the US refusal to replenish stocks of cluster munitions after supplies to Ukraine shows that this is how old weapons are disposed of.

The US is developing missile weapons to avoid contact combat

The US missile program began to develop after World War II. In the future, the importance of missile weapons for the US military increased very rapidly, since it was this weapon that allowed for remote defeat of the enemy and avoiding contact combat with him.

The current position of the Bundeswehr is doubtful, the future is unclear

In the article "How the united Germany squandered its military power" ("HBO" from 03/24.23), it was shown how the armies of the two Germanies were built after 1945. And how, after 1990, Berlin sold military equipment to the former People's National Army of the GDR.